Summer reading list?

fixer27

fixer27

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So what books are on everyone's summer reading list?

for myself they will be,

1. Infamous Scribblers
2. I walked across America
3. The Davinci Code

So what is on the reading list this year?
 
Field reports, shift reports, planning schedules, incident reports, and the tattoo on my girl's lower back.
 
LOL...The strategy-focused organization. True North. The Kenai Canoe Trails:)
 
I just finished Graham Masterton's "the Devil in Gray", turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. I've read most of his stuff, and this one doesn't come near the quality of some of his better work ("Picture of Evil", "the Pariah", "Death Trance").

Right now I'm working on "The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories", to be followed by "The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories". The English writers, particularly in the Victorian era, really had this stuff down.

BTW I found a good site with classic horror stories. I've seen some old favorites ("Thurnley Abbey" by Perceval Landon, "The Yellow Sign" by Robert W. Chambers, and "Lukundoo" by Edward Lucas White) there. If you want to read some good old stuff, those are all good places to start.

http://www.horrormasters.com
 
Just started "The monkey wrench gang" by Edward Abbey, then it'll be "Parallel worlds" by Michio Kaku and Flann O'Brien's "The Third Policeman".
 
Farnhams Freehold by Heinlein
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Heinlein
Im gunna try to read LOTR this summer also, just havent gotten around to it yet.
I also wouldnt mind reading Red Mars if i have time.
 
I've been doing some reading on the first World War lately. Interesting and horrifying stuff. I'm currently reading a book by Lyn Macdonald about Passchendaele.

Her writing is a bit quirky and at times a little overly metaphoric, but very good. I've read several books on strategy and tactics; this book tells the story from the soldier's point of view through interviews with surviving soldiers (the book was written in 1978 so there were still some WW1 vets left) and newspaper stories, letters home and diaries.

Good book. Not sure what I'll pick up next.
 
Psychopomp said:
I've been doing some reading on the first World War lately. Interesting and horrifying stuff. I'm currently reading a book by Lyn Macdonald about Passchendaele.

Her writing is a bit quirky and at times a little overly metaphoric, but very good. I've read several books on strategy and tactics; this book tells the story from the soldier's point of view through interviews with surviving soldiers (the book was written in 1978 so there were still some WW1 vets left) and newspaper stories, letters home and diaries.

Good book. Not sure what I'll pick up next.
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Have you read "Storm of Steel" by Ernst Junger? If you're interested in WW1 it should be right up your street.:thumbup:
 
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